Third Generation


6. August Friedrich Wilhelm WITTE was born on 29 August 1838 in Sassenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,3 (His birth place is listed in MyHeritage.com as Gross Wachlin, Kreis Saatzig, Preussen.)

. He was baptized on 23 September 1838 in Sassenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).3 He died on 15 December 1922 at the age of 84 in Manitowoc County, WI.1,4 August was buried in Cleveland, Manitowoc County, WI.4

August Friedrich Wilhelm WITTE and Wilhelmine Frederike BUTTNER were married on 5 January 1862 in Konigsberg, OstPreussen (East Prussia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,4 (Königsberg was the name for the historic Prussian city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia. Königsberg was founded in 1255 on the site of the ancient Old Prussian settlement Twangste by the Teutonic Knights during the Northern Crusades, and was named in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.) Wilhelmine Frederike BUTTNER4 was born (date unknown).

August Friedrich Wilhelm WITTE and Wilhelmine Frederike BUTTNER had the following children:

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August Friedrich "Frank" WITTE was born (date unknown).

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ii.

Anne WITTE was born (date unknown).

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iii.

Hulda WITTE was born (date unknown).

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iv.

Hugo WITTE was born (date unknown).

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v.

August WITTE was born (date unknown).

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vi.

Bertha WITTE was born (date unknown).

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vii.

Wilhelmine "Mina" WITTE.

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Otto Carl WITTE was born (date unknown).